Cranking a Massive Vintage Fender Tube Amp
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2020
- Would you bring this rig to your local open mic?
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2020 Gear:
1959 Sunburst Stratocaster
1958 Mary Kaye Stratocaster
1958 Gibson Les Paul
1961 Olympic White Stratocaster
1964 Gibson Firebird I
1965 Gibson Dove
1959 Bassman
1965 Super Reverb
1968 Super Reverb
1969 Dual Showman
God bless your neighbour.
He moved out at the 2 min mark
I will gladly move in nextdoor 😜
You’re welcome to move in next door.
I second that..
I'd pay to have Matthew as a neighbor. If I got to listen to these tasty licks all day, I would never turn a radio on. Of course... I'd also have to jam with him, because that's what musicians do ;-)
Even aside from the sound, the image of a player holding a Strat next to a stack nearly as tall as he is is just the platonic ideal of "guitar."
... in my humble opinion, the classic is with a Marshall stack of two 4×12 cabs ... type of guitar optional ... Just an opinion 🤷
@@Jester-Riddle the proper stack is how hendrix did it cranked to the max that is the sexiest guitar setup ever. Fight me about it.
@@pilsplease7561 I'm not 'fighting you' about anything, because as I made very clear it's a matter of personal opinion ...
@@pilsplease7561 Cant fight that one, but a very, very close second, for me anyway, is Marc Bolan with his LP next to the Marshal stack on the cover of Electric Warrior
@@greg7656 yeah, I really like all of hendrix's songs though I have a rather widespread taste in music everything from rock to blues to country to grunge. Etc. I actually own a stratocaster myself, my strat is 30 years old.
Matt, this is your neighbor in Kentucky. You woke grandpa up from a nap again. He loved it.
Wear ear plugs folks. You dont want to end up being a deaf musician. Trust me, I'm 65 and speaking from experience.👍
Truth. Tinnitus sucks - also speaking from experience.
I hear you. And whistles and buzzes.
In still young. I will take your advice...
I’m 21 and I have frequency lost in my left ear still don’t wanna wear earplugs . If I wont hear that filthy sound what’s point of playing loud :/
@@denizyurttas8034 if you want to continue to be able to hear that filthy sound, do yourself a favour and wear earplugs!
People say nothing is perfect. I then tell them to listen to the tone in this video.
Thanks so much! 👍🏻✌🏻
I think Matthew Scott has mastered Hamon
of course best waifu knows best tone
Okay. This has to be one of the coolest tones EVER! That Firebird sounded great, but that amp was MADE for a Strat!
It's so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
- F. Bueller
Thumbs up for use of word "choice"!
One of the best comments I’ve seen
@@scotttee1581 Yeah! But I would go beyond choice, that Firebird was wicked, maybe even mint.
@@mford9029 It's refinished.
I thought playing my 40 watt Marshall combo in a small room was absolutely deafening, can’t even imagine what this is like hahaha
I turned my 65 Twin Reverb up to 3 1/2 and with a fuzz face on with my Strat, it genuinely felt like I could lean back into the sound coming out of that thing.
~~granted, I did a couple of mods to fatten up the Vibrato channel and lower the clean headroom a touch, but the power section was till the full 85 watts~~
It makes small roomes much larger...It's not the feeling of hearing the sound, it's the feeling of standing in the middle of a cloud of sound
It would probably be so cool to just sit on that couch, chill, and listen....
You'd have to get some earplugs cause' this volume is probably deafening...
Other than getting permanent hearing damage, yeah I’d say it’d be pretty cool
Stoned
And feel it in your chest!
Open your windows and there's a good chance you can! :D
I've got this amp's BIGGEST brother, the insane Fender 400PS. A 90 pound head, 435 watts RMS all tube. I've dimed it, it takes three speaker cabinets to handle the power, and it's just NUTS...but sounds wonderful.
I want one!!!!
Got One, With 2 2x15 Bottoms, My "Buddy" Bought It "New" In the Spring of '73. Helped Him Drag It from the Pickup to the Garage - "Mine Now" - Great Amp!!!!
As for ear plugs, some shun them for the sound being more dull (ironic that that will cause your hearing to becom omre dull earlier forever) - there are specifically made ear plugs for listening to music, which dampen more evenly over the spetrum than some run off the mill plugs.
Yeah, I got some concert earplugs from Eargasm. It cuts out the shrill high end, but everything else sounds pretty normal, just at a lower volume.
@@kilgoretrout321 yes! awesome and worth the ~$40
I use Etymotic ear plugs. They do a pretty good job of attenuating frequencies evenly (or at least perceived as evenly, accounting for fletcher-Munsen). Always looking for something better though)
wax earplugs actually make live gigs sound better to me because they filter out a considerable amount of top end. it gives everyghing a heavier, thicker sound
I use the Ear Peace (pro) ear plugs
Holy shit that tone is like a dream. That amp could probably blow the roof off your house if you wanted it to
A Chris Buck/Matthew Scott collab would be awesome one day!
I second this
I believe I said this very thing in the comments of the previous video and Matthew’s response was ‘who plays guitar?’...I then jokingly responded ‘me’ 😂😂😂 it’s funnier if you know how terrible I am at the instrument.
You just read my mind ! Amazing!
Two of the greatest out there. Chris Buck and Mathew Scott. Definitely be a show I wouldn't want to miss. Well done. Thanks
Totally man. Be two peas one gig
Thank You for telling everyone You wore earplugs, Your level of expertise and transparency are unparalleled. Long live You! God bless 🙏🏻
There was a time where this was the norm. It wasn't usual to see people playing full Marshall Stacks in a small pub.
Absolute YES in regards to earplugs. The first drummer of the band I'm in kept ignoring the rest of us repeatedly telling him to get some earplugs. Part of the reason he quit was because he said he was struggling to hear us talking between songs at rehearsals and was generally losing his hearing. At that time he was in his early thirties. It's really no joke.
I don't have high quality earplugs at all (cost less than £10) but I can stand right next to a PA speaker at a gig and have little to zero ringing in my ears afterwards. I will invest in some proper music earplugs that are moulded to my ears at some point, but while live music is still absolutely dead, I can't really justify it.
using this amp is like my theory on playing drums, I’m in as long as I don’t have to move ‘em
Saw The Pink Fairies at the old Kensington Town Hall, with Gong opening for them, at Christmas 1973 and Larry Wallace played through a Dual Showman with matching cab. It was UNBELIEVABLY loud :-)
I really appreciate you adding the earplugs disclaimer. I wish more fellow players had harped on that when I was younger!
Awesome, all the pedals sound great, that' ts 10 my favorite. Can't wait to hear what your working on in the studio. Thanks for keeping the blues alive!
I'm listening to this on the speaker of a 75 dollar moto walmart phone and it still sounds dope as fuck. More importantly, I can see you vibing to the tone and letting it direct you. You're so overtaken and in that zone and it's such a hard feeling to explain but yet here we are with you making me feel it.
That Firebird is special! It cuts right through while staying warm. Unmistakable sound.
Great playing, great tone. This is the kind of music I love to hear. Thanks for posting!
Apparently 50+ years of amp development has done nothing to improve amp tone. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Great vid. Thank you.
Unless you're talking bass amps, or keyboard amps,...but yeah, guitar amps peaked a half century ago.
This old amp is probably point to point wired!
@@butchjackson4428 would say the 90s
Bogner and Friedman may have something to say about that.
As for fender and Marshall, yeah I agree.
@@RtroyDyep. Two words: Mesa Boogie
Many of us 60+ year old players have to play that loud just to be able to hear the sound,when you blow your hearing out it is definitely not fun,yelling at each other just to have a conversation sucks,and your advice is important,wear hearing protection,it only took one loud gig to blow my good ear out,not only do I suffer from ringing in the ears occasionally but I've lost the ability to hear certain frequencys,year's of tree work didn't help much either,chippers,chasawsawect.can effect your hearing too,one day of sustained loudness and you like me could suffer forever after,plug up kids.
I'm getting up there in age and still love to crank my 120 watt all tube half stack. But I turn the amp toward the wall and go to another room. Of course no one is home and I don't live in an apartment. But in addition to driving those tubes, pushing the speakers is what puts the icing on the cake. My modern tube sounds great at low volume, but driving the speakers make it really come alive.
So this is why Mozart was deaf, he was blasting the shit out of his piano 👀
I have particular trouble determining direction on beeping devices like piezo alarms, back up indicators, and smoke detector chirps.
@@MeOwOgai Mozart wasn’t deaf. You’re thinking of Beethoven.
Now that is a full body experience playing in front of that amp. You will never get that kind of tone from any modeler or digital amp today. This made my day. Thanks for posting this. Now I want to go buy a used Fender Twin. I had one a while ago but sold it. Great post.
I had a dual showman non reverb in the early 70’s! Two JBL D130 speakers, four 6L6GC power tubes! Sweet!
That's one of the most powerful guitar sounds I've heard online for sure. Sounds amazing. When you turned on the fuzz holy crap. That wah sounds great too. I can't imagine what it was like in the room. And obviously none of that sounds good without a fantastic player such as yourself!
1:35 Strat with pu on 4 on a crancked clean Fender amp, there's nothing in the world that can beat that tone....
Sounds great! And a happy birthday Nik. You are a pair of Legends.
I always find myself laughing out loud at your playing and tone because the whole package is so badass.
Sounds incredible Matthew! I dig the power of the Firebird, but I prefer that beautiful, pure Strat wail. Thank you for your videos. They bring me lots of joy.
I borrowed one of these amps in the mid 70's from Kosmic Sounds, Perth Western Australia after I had blown up three Marshall 100w heads in short time. First gig was a long narrow room and I had trouble hearing the amp. Then I looked down the room - the crowd was "plastered" to the back wall.
Pissa
Thats fucking hilarious, you probably had sharp reverberations bounce off the corridor walls 🤣 just killing the poor people, some of them probably thought it was one of the coolest things they've ever seen, none of them will ever forget you.
Awesome
You knew how great this was going to sound. I have a 68 Fender Bandmaster, 200 watts, going to two 4x12 cabinets, the feedback is legendary, I took years saving and building this thing and love it!! Jimmy Hendrix would dig this rig!
Would love to hear you mess with some David Gilmour tones...! A little out of your realm - but Id like to imagine you would dig his screaming fuzz tones from Dark Side, or his hammering big muff tones. Great tunes, really love your style and playing.
Haven't studied Gilmour as much as I should!
Gilmour is great, really really great. People get really tone chasey about him too
Love your playing style man keep shredding!!!!!!
Sounds great as usual, Matt! Funny you ask about bringing a rig like this to your local open mic.. A local guy used to show up with a Marshall stack to a small bar/ restaurant open mic. We'd have Princetons, Deluxes, Blues Juniors, etc. that were plenty loud for the place. Didn't take too many times before the owner told him to never bring that thing back again! 😆
I've done the same 😉👍🏻
I don't see the problem.
Always a delight, man. Can't wait for the record to come out.
Cheers
Always a blast to just cut loose and forget about everything for awhile. Good luck on your continuing studio ventures can't wait to hear from the whole band in the near future I hope. 👍👍👍👍👍
There’s a drip edge 68 dual showman reverb head 20 miles away from me on Facebook marketplace... really tempting me
Do it man!
@@Chilcix I just messaged the guy.. just don’t tell my neighbors guys
I'm sure if you asked that guy what it sounds like, you could probably hear it from your house. It doesn't hurt to ask!😉
Those dual showmans are completely BAD ASS.....
Do you live in Virginia Beach? If so I bought it yesterday lol
Matthew, I know your Strat is a classic monster and your tried-and-true but that Firebird in your hands really gives a young player like you a distinctive look. It's unusual and unique and at least over UA-cam, sounds pretty damn good, too.
Those little unique flavorful notes you descend on between those blazing classic pentatonic runs are just so tasteful and awesome man. Would love to see you cover a few of your favorite little nuances in your playing.
Omg I'm grinning!!!
You entered a time machine and were transported back to 1975.
I'm soooooo happy for you and jealous too. Congratulations, keep rocking!!!😊👍❤
“Clean tone” 🤟🏻 sounds wicked man! 😂🎸
hey matt! its the guy that bought the '65 super reverb off of ya not long ago. she sings!!!
Did you get her goin?!
8:37 - I could practically feel that wall of sound crushing my ribcage and sinuses all the way to SoCal. Love it!
i have to say brother its been since i first heard stevie that i have just closed my eyes and enjoyed the tone keep the faith you are a gifted axe man
If i were your neighbor i would plan my week by the sounds coming from your house. Every day it would be like, Mathew is doing another UA-cam video, time to call in sick and be amazed today. I'm glad i live in Canada because if i lived next to you i wouldn't have a job.
Incredible tones!! Would’ve loved to hear a good Les Paul cranked through this massive stack too though… Would certainly be a surreal experience to be in the room and feel all that air being pushed by the 15”s as each note resonates….
Amen with the earplugs thing. For those of you who don't think you need to worry while you're young - I started playing in bands age 18 - the ringing in my ears that started and never stopped began one night when I was only 25.
Hey Matt, that thing screams! I have loved Twins since my childhood, In the 1980's, playing through my Pop's 66' Twin Reverb. He was an SRV clone before it was even a THING! So loud and clean and chunky. More power to you my brother, spread the good word of the Blues...
You people keep talking about his neighbors. Maybe he lives in the country like me. No neighbors for miles, no problem with cranking up.
You lucky bugger
Love a strat, but that bird through that stack sprouted wings and flew.
Love Fender, back in the day I had a Fender tube amp and really wish I'd held onto it. Cheers.
Never heard a Firebird before. Man, that thing is really rockin'! Great sound!
All the best, and stay healthy!
Thats why I play with an acoustic guitar player and a stand up bass.
I'm glad to hear that you wore ear plugs!
Love the hollowed out sound of the Firebird in the middle position with the new/old pickup!
Sounds great! Especially dig the Firebird with this Fender Amp! Life is good.
I had one just like yours, back in 69" to 74'. When Bo Diddley used to tour in the early 70's he'd travel alone, with just his guitar. The club/venue would hire a cover band to learn his sets, then they had to supply him with an amp. His fave was a Dual Showman Reverb. So this Boston venue rented mine for the weekend.
Yes I did meet Bo. All he said is that he wished he could tour with my amp. It was virtually new.
You forgot one of the all time great guitarists who toured with Dual Showman Reverbs. Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac, used them in the late 60's. Saw them at the Boston Tea Party two of the three nights they recorded that infamous live album. Front row both nights. One the best shows I've ever seen.
IIRC Matt talked about Peter Green a few months ago when he (Matt) had just bought a Dual Showman.
I recently got a new budget amp but my skill level can't do the damn thing justice xD
It's the Fender Champion 50XL
It's a good ol' thing
I spent alot of years playing a 73 P-bass thru the matching silverface Bassman 2x15 stack...and I can personally testify that not only my hearing, but my back suffered serious damage because of it. However...no other amp before or since can produce THAT TONE!
Who thumbs downs this....? That just baffles me. The joy of hearing someone blow theirs and our faces off with a loud and GIANT Fender amp is just awesome!! Props and cheers to you man! Great Video!
I'm a Stratocaster fan until the day I die, but this Gibson tempts me.
Damn sure looks cool
As a bassist I can say “ If it’s too loud, your too old”. AMPEG
You’re*
Or...If you're old, you're probably deaf. 😎
As a bassist since the 80's I say if its too loud you're too young!
Ampeg gets the job done.
Great to here the old amplifiers. I still love cranking up my 66 Bassman
Back in the day we all carried stuff like that. I used to have Two Dual Showman enclosures with Altec D-140s in them powered by a Twin Reverb. Our lead guitarist played twin Vox Super Beatles. Our bass player had twin Sunn Enclosures.
Was setting up my Mesa Bass gear one night in a country pub in Ireland. A wee old lady said to me " Is that very loud"? I am no chicken myself and said " I suppose it depends where you live"
Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray approved ✌🏽✌🏼❤️🇺🇸💙
In 1978 my rig in high school was an 85watt Fender Showman head w 4 6L6's run through an 8x10 Marshall Hot Dog cabinet. My uncle got it from his guitar player who had bridged the channels together and stuck a master volume into one of the 1/4" inputs. I had a really small Decca amp that couldn't cut it, so he said "here use this". That rig absolutely SCREAMED. I played a bolt neck Bradley Les Paul copy through it. Suffered 30% hearing loss in my right ear because of that rig.
In my situation I can only crank an old tweed amp. But if you have the chance try it out. Playing a tube amp flat out changes everything. In one word it’s dynamics. You have total control over everything. It makes volume and tone controls so much more useful. The sound is obviously so different when tubes, transformers and speaker are all working hard. It’s another experience to what we typically have with low volume with pedals.
You have your own distinct sound, which is incredibly difficult to cultivate, your playing sounds different from every other blues guitarist I have heard, your lead runs are unique and potent , which makes it even more amazing, I cant help but turn the volume up when i watch one of your videos, cant wait to hear what your are recording with your band, fantastic playing as always
“We love our new house but we have a amp problem”
Literally bought a 1968 Fender Showman Reverb yesterday, with matching cab. It’s amazing.
Super cool man! There's nothing like finding that sweet spot where the amp is pushing the SPLs in the room and you can just feel it sing!
you have no idea how great we sounded together....on my end..lol
Man, you should be giggin' out with another couple of guys: Mayer and Bonamassa.
Hey Joe likes my Instagram so👍🏻
I didn’t think this tone was still obtainable!
Had to sub immediately. Wow!
They sound great with a nice distortion pedal like an MXR. I never gigged with a Fender stack but have used Bassmans and Princetons and Deluxe Reverb and some old tweeds too for gigs.
Would you do a tour of your collection of 2020 would really like to see your wepons of huge tone
Ever played a Super Six reverb? 6 10" speakers. Crazy ass amp.
Funny thing about it is they are a twin reverb amp in a 6x10 combo. They sound amazing but weigh enough to make you need a forklift to load it.
In 1969 I was doing what you are doing now. You can look forward hearing loss and tinnitus. Take my word for it.
Even barely 50 years old, I almost couldn't deploy to Iraq in 2007 because of high freq. hearing loss / tinnitus and I went again in 2011 with a waiver. I remember being in the bars in the 70's and 80's and seeing these, Marshalls, Kustoms, Sunns, no wonder I'm deaf plus Deep Purple, Rush, Alice Cooper, Nugent concerts . . .
That firebird & amp might be the best tone I’ve heard on your channel 🤤
You're very talented and play better than me after three decades. Have a lousy day!
Wow, what does that mean old timer?
@@ffash995 hes joking dude
This is how I lost 40% of my hearing. We couldn’t afford monitors in the 80s and tended to stand in front of my 1959slp. WEAR PLUGS (or use ear monitors)!
Just discovered your channel and I love it. Watching you nerd out on all things guitar is amazing! Cheers
Wow that was a sound... after hearing tons of good amp sims this is bringing me back to the real meaning
Question: I looked at your gear list and that’s over $100k worth of guitar and amps. How do you afford all of that? You certainly have the talent but is music your profession or just a hobby?
that’s a pretty rude question
@@buzzardleflesh334 nothing rude about it i think. It's a valid question, the stuff he owns is very expensive.
he worked a normal job for many years and now does music for living... touring and all that. Stuff like this is all about dedication. We can all save up money and invest into dreams and get a credit or whatnot... Same with getting an old mopar...
mmm nope deff not polite to ask total strangers how much money they make, concern yourself less with his situation and spend more time and brainpower improving yours
My guess is that he’s gotten very good at investing in gear that he can “flip” and make a bit of profit. If you have a good eye, good repair skills, and good salesmanship that can add up. But it takes time and skill.
If you live very simply and have some good luck and good health it is possible, especially if you live in the south or Midwest where the cost of living is more affordable.
Meanwhile i'am afraid to crank my 1977 Fender Vibrochamp..
im afraid to go past 3 on my pro junior :(
Crank it man! That’s a tube amp’s happy place! It’s very reason for being!
I crank up my Wang’s 1 watt head and my wife gets irritated.
I wasn’t used to tubes so when I finally got a vintage epiphone amp and had it on like 3 it was louder then the fender champ I have on almost 10
I had a jam with the boys last night. I don't like to play really loud but I have to be heard in the band.
Usually start with my siiverface bandmaster reverb at 3 and end up at about 6.
Sure is a sweet amp though.
That tone is amazing. The playing…. Amazing
So wonderful. This is one of my favorite channels for guitar stuff. ❤
starved of live music, a one man jam will do just fine. Support live music.
May I call this a Veterans' Day salute to Jimi Hendrix, who was a veteran?
Beyond that, having watched several of your vids, you have a bad case of what is called 'rockin' pneumonia, and boogie woogie flu.' Son, there is no cure.
Big amps, yes, nothing like it. Chuck Berry put it in every contract 'promoter must supply two Fender Dual Showman amplifiers.' Heaven help the promoter who didn't get the right stuff ,there was a stiff penalty before Chuck would hit the stage. JBL 15" are my favorite too, what we bolted in West Amps cabinets for all Flint Mi production. We knew loud, and you are finding the magic. Thanks,,,
I love all the tones of course, but that clean tone through the strat with the natural bit of overdrive is just other worldly. Damn it's intoxicating even just through my headphones. God almighty that is killer tone!
You have a great SRV tone there. I have a very similar Fender Bandmaster. I think it have the identical cabinet with two 15" JBL's where the amp locks into the cabinet with two bolts. Other than a small dent on the face, its immaculate with original tubes.
That Firebird though!! What a screamer. Johnny Winter played Twins when I saw him, but he'd be proud.
My mom's boyfriend was a jazz bass player, and he used to play a standup bass through a Dual Showman. He used to cram a standup bass, the 2X15 cab, and the head into an old 60's BMW. I remember seeing this thing with equipment hanging out of the windows and trunk, but he made it work. His band did a lot of Oscar Peterson, and to hear a standup bass through a Duall Showman was a sound to behold.
Mind-blowing/Soul-replenishing. Thanks for that!
You’re an old soul friend.
That rig, size wise, ook me back to thinking about one of my hero’s, Terry Kath.
Love the sound of a Fender with big cones along with a strat. Would love to hear a tele on that rig.